I present you the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, "Hrvatsko narodno kazaliste", a neo-baroque building designed by the Viennese architects Ferdinand Fellner and Herman Helmer. These are the same architects that designed the Art Pavillion in Zagreb, presented here by my friend Matija Grguric. The theatre was ceremoniously opened by the emperor Franz Joseph I in 1895, after 16.5 months of work.

The model has been built approximately in scale 1:42 (more or less minifig scale) and it is meant to be be part of Brikkelauget's layout and/or a standalone model on various exhibitions. The size of the whole model is 267 x 229 cm, while the building itself is about 170 x 100 x 78 cm. There has been no emperor ceremoniously opening this one, though.

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Current state (last update: 2008-05-24):

Design in MLCAD:

Details on the facade (last update: 2008-01-17):

Comparison photos (last update: 2008-01-17):

Project status and changelog:

2008-05:
- added the surroundings, according to the real thing

2008-01:
- version 1.0 done!

2007-12:
- domes finally built

2007-11:
- front facade and roof built

2007-09:
- building slowly started
- arrival of the first big batch of bricks

2007-08:
- design finished - approximately 35000 parts, not counting the invisible but necessary support

Perfect, absolutely perfect. The detail is absolutely amazing. Why haven't you applied to be a Lego Certified Master? You have some real talent in building buildings.
P.S. Can you please send instructions and a parts list for that Rolls Royce?

Absolutely superb! The curved small roof sections, window details, SNOT decoration - and the immense scale, really make the building "pop". These old buildings are so difficult to model, but very rewarding when done!